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Viñas Leizaola

ETIENNE CORDONNIER LEIZAOLA

Viñas Leizaola invested in El Sacramento in March 2011. Leizaola is the owner’s – Etienne Cordonnier – mother’s maiden name and hails from the northern part of the Basque Country. Etienne’s initiative is two-fold: to revisit his family roots on his mothers’ side and to offer a wine that lives up to the family’s history of brokering fine wines into the sophisticated Belgian market for three generations on his father’s side.

 

The place

The terroir’s magic operates high on a promontory near the medieval village of Laguardia.

RIOJA ALAVESA

Rioja Alavesa is a stunning region where quality wines – nature’s very own expression – have been elaborated for centuries.

TEMPRANILLO

This indigenous grape variety, well-suited to the soils’ complexity, brings elegance to our wines.

EL SACRAMENTO

Ancient scripts on Laguardia mention that the Brotherhood of the Santísimo Sacramento cultivated a vineyard called El Sacramento, where they produced wine as early as the mid-17th century. The name El Sacramento was supposedly assigned to a plot of land, the very first that Viñas Leizaola bought and which still carries this name today.

SELECTION

We carefully thin the vine stalks during the entire growth cycle to ensure a balanced crop-load. During the harvest, the bunches are manually selected and individual grapes are then mechanically selected.

CHÂTEAU-STYLE

Our 22 hectares compose a mosaic around the winery. We cultivate and vinify on a plot-by-plot basis as we endeavor to reveal the terroir’s full identity.

TERROIR

Our idea of terroir is rooted in the subtle combination of three fundamental elements: the soil, the climate, and man’s work.

OUR TEAM

The Earth reveals itself through the wine. Man serves this natural process; his work has to represent it.

Etienne Cordonnier

OWNER

Jesús Velilla

VINEYARD MANAGEMENT

Begoña Royo

ELABORATION

Alin Veres · Elena Velilla

FIELD LABORERS

THE LAND

Rioja Alavesa is located at a climatic frontier which is favorable for producing fine wines. The patchwork of different plots of land, all with diverse geological characteristics, adds to this complexity. We strive to convey all this in our wines.

Finca El Sacramento is located on a geological break. The clay and limestone soils are rich in organic matter with a remarkable mineral balance and a natural capacity to regulate the water supply of the vineyard’s root system.

Thanks to its spectacular location, Finca El Sacramento enjoys the ideal conditions for producing a fine wine – it is a great terroir which warrants our constant attention to detail. Situated on a promontory, it offers spectacular views of the surrounding landscape.

Our wine is the unique expression of the terroir’s magical harmony.

TANKS

TASTING ROOM

WINE BARRELS